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Behind every illegal streaming service is a digital trail: devices, accounts, messages, payments and technical infrastructure. Digital forensics helps investigators recover, preserve and interpret that material, turning scattered information into [...]

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) remain one of the most powerful tools available to organisations seeking growth, diversification, and competitive advantage. Yet in today’s environment, successful transactions are rarely opportunistic, instead [...]

FACT attended the Investment Migration Forum 2026 in Paris, where our Due Diligence Manager, Natalie Smith, joined industry peers to exchange insights on the evolving investment migration landscape. The forum [...]

Earlier this month, the investment migration industry gathered in Paris for the 8th Investment Migration Forum, one the sector’s most significant annual events. The Forum brought together government officials, legal [...]

London Tech Week, the UK’s flagship technology festival took place in the second week of June 2026, brining together tech innovators, institutional investors, and policymakers. FACT was present to connect [...]

FACT attended the 2026 Crimestoppers Rewarding Partnerships Event, held this year at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The annual gathering brought together partners from law enforcement, industry, and [...]

On Tuesday, 02 June 2026, Mr. John Peter Turner, the licensee of the Dolphin Inn pub in Llanymynech, Powys, was found guilty in his absence of two offences in relation [...]

Michael Barrow, operator of the illegal IPTV service “MB Streams”, was sentenced to three years and two months’ imprisonment at Swansea Crown Court on Monday 1 June. Barrow pleaded guilty [...]

US-Iran conflict: Why Economic Fury has barely touched crypto Following the 8 April ceasefire between the US and Iran, Washington moved from military escalation to economic pressure. Operation Economic Fury, [...]

What the Bidoon population reveals about due diligence challenges Kuwait occupies a complex position within the Gulf region. Outwardly stable, it is shaped by geopolitical volatility, a stateless population and [...]

Intellectual property protection has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past four decades. What began as a battle against counterfeit VHS tapes and DVDs has evolved into a complex fight [...]

Commentary on AI-generated propaganda in the Iran conflict has tended to focus on the most viral examples: Mr Explosive’s Lego series, or the White House’s blend of military footage and [...]